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BANK OF ENGLAND, March 8, 1864. 17 , COURT of DIRECTORS of the 01, ERN° rr. and COMPANY of the BANK of ENG LA:ND 1; NOTION;. That a GENERAL COURT will he held at the Sank on TIIURSDA.Y, the 17th in-taut, at Twelve ~ 'clock precisely, t, consider of a Dividend. Also, that another General Court will be held at the Bank nn Tues'ay. the 5 h April next, from ten o'clock in the fore noo.l with four in the afternoon, fo the election of a Gover nor and Deputy-Governor for the year ensuing (which will be declared that evening); and the same Court will be eon— t'nued by adjournment, and held at the same place and during the same licurs, on Wednesday, the 6:11 April next, for the election of Twenly-four Directors (whi h will also be one of the Quarterly lien.era! Courts appointed by the Charter), and the election of i heiwentv-Lur Directors will be declared as a on as the scrutiny is over, Printed live; of the proprietor , having votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank on Monday, 21st March. lIA.IIMOND CIiUFB, Assist.-Secretary. N.B.—Fiv an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign e f Ceorg•?. In. no Pers• n will be entitled to V.,te at the said Elec ion who diall rat have been Six Calendar Months pus :teased in h s own right of the stock for which he shall hen give his vote, unb-ss the said Stock shall have teen acquired or shall have corm, by bequest, or by marriage, or by succes aion to an intes ate's estate, or by the custom of the city of London, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any pkran o wk. shall have ben en Wed tor life to the Dividends or such Stock pANAMA. NEW ZEALAND, and AUSTRA LIAN ROYAT. MAIL COMPANY (Limiter. trntercoloniat Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Limited.) Registered under the Limited Liability Act, by which the of every shareholder is limited to the amount of his shares. DIRECTORS. Right lion. Lord Claud Hamilton. M.P., Chairman. Captain George Blanc, R N., 21. Prince's-gardens. Eden Colville, Esq., Director of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. George Edmett, Esq., The Elms, Maidstone. Captain C. B. Hamilton, RN., 55, St. George's-square. Sir Richard G. A. Levinge, Bart.. M.P. Edward P. W Miles, Esq. (Messrs. Miles Brothers and Co.), London, Bristol, and New Zealand. Vice -Admiral lit lion. Lord George Paulet, C.B. Edward D. Rayment, Esq., Oakfield-house, Norwood. Charles Turner, Esq., 11LP.. Chairman of the Pacific Steam Navi, -- at'on Company. Rob?rt Wilson, Esq., 45, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park AUDITORS. Proposed to be ap:ointed at the OrUnary General Meeting in May. henry James Lubbock, Esq. (Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and C 0.., and a Professional Accountant. COLONIAL AUDITOR—R. T. Hal], Esq., Government Audit office, Sydney. BANKERS. Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., London. The Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. BROKERS. Mcs:rs. J. Hutchinson and Sons, Angel-court, London. Messrs. Tinley and Son, Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Cunlifle and Beaumont, 43, Chancery-lane, London. GENERAL MANAGER IN THE COLONIES. Captain John Vine Hall, SECRETARY. James Worley, Esq. Offices—No. 41, Moorgate-strzet, London, E.C. INCREASE OF CAPITAL. By the issue of 37,500 ordinary shares of £lO each, repre senting the nominal sum of £375,000. £1 per share 10 be paid on application. 21 per phare 14 days after allotment, £3 per share on the let October, 1884, and £ 2 per sh are th eist April, 18G1, making a payment of 5:7 per share. The Directors give notice that they are prepared to receive applications for the new shares, the issue of which was autho rised by he Si ecial General Meeting held on the 3d March instant, in order to enable the Company to perform the con tract receutiy entered into with the General Government of New Zealand, for a monthly mail service between Sydney, New Zealand. and Panama, in correspondence with the Royal ("Test India) Mail Company's steamers between Southampton and As oilman (Isthmus of Panama . The Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was formed in 1858, under a contract to perform the mail service betwe 'n the several provinces of New Zealand, and between that colony and Sydney, for whit & they are at present in the receipt of subsidies amounting to upwards of £36,000 per annum. Flora the commencement of the Panama I.ne, in May, 188 , , the minimum subsidies payable to the Company for the oceanic and interprovincial services will amount to £96,0,0 per annum. The Royal Mail Steam-packet C om p any, and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company have agreed to enter Into work ing arrangements for through traffic, and their fleets, with those of the three other steam lines, converging on the new route, will operate as "feeders" to this Lompany's ships. When, theretore, it is considered that New Zealand is 2,i 00 Miles nearer to England, via Panama, than by the present ove rland route, and 4 , 000 miles nearer than by the Cape of Good h ope, and that the intended line will possess the advantage of economy, both of time and money, there can be no doubt a large portion of the existing p, 1 s pecie traffic, will be secured by this assenger Company.l., ht goods, and be The nominal capital of th e C ompany will, in the aggregate, .2562, of which £4l ?,500 will be paid up. The new bhares will be entitled to dividend from the re spective times when the instal,nents tall due, and on pay ments in advance interest at the rate of 5 percent. per annum Will b 3 allowed. l , The profits on existiaT lines arc alone sufficient to arg'n dividend on the new as well as on the old payshares. a Detailed prospectuses reports, and forms of appli ca ti on f or e all res c an be obtained at the offices of the C ompany, an d o f th brokers and solicitors. --__ THE ISLE of MAN RAILWAY COMPANY (Limited)—DOUGLAS t o PEEL. Capital ZlOO,OOO, in 10,900 shares of £lO each, with usual borrowing powers. Deposit £1 per share on application, further payment on allotment £1 10a. per share. Samuel DIRECTORS. SViliiam Gibron Getty, Esq'' M.P Belfast. Regent' s -p ar k , Lond M.`Co rm i c k , , Londonderry, and on. Richard A. Mould, Eeq., Merchant, Liverpool. T. fiat rison Ridley, Esq., M erc h ant. Liverpool. Joseph Rigby, Esq., Kew, Surrey. With power to add to their number. BANKERS. The North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool. Messrs. Durabell, Son, and Howard, Douglas. G. W. Romans, ENGINEER. Esq., C.E., 13, Queen.square,Westminster. Mes srs. L itt , SOLICITORS. Liv vledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, B rown ' s - b u ild- Samuel Barris, Douglas. ThomasAUDITOR. W. Read, Esq., 30, Castle-street, Liverpool. SECRETARY. Thomas Begot, Esq., 5, James-street, Liverpool. BROKERS. 13! Charles/3- Drinkvvater. Esq, 32 Exchange•st. East, Liverpool. Stanley, Esq.. 3, Throgmorton street, London. Edward Ashworth, Esq., Exchange-chambers, Manchester. M. J. Beverley, Erg., Leeds. This Company has been formed for the construction of a Railway from Douglas to Peel (passing through St. John's), in the Isle of Mau. The improved trade of these important towns, as well as the prosperous condition and increasing Population of the island, and the rapid augmentation of the number of visitors during late years, call fur the immediate intreduction of railways. The Agricultural capabilities of the Island are great ; and its Mineral products are acknowledged to be rich in yield and av , ve average value ; whilst around the Coast there are extensive Fisheries, and an unlimited supply of Sea weed for Manure. The expense and trouble, however, of land-carriage, have hitherto rendered these advantages com paratively unavailable. Slate Quarries are in active operation; and the quality of the Slate is equal in closeness of grain and durability to any produced from the great 'Welsh quarries. The Granite near St. John's compares favourably with that now used in the Liverpool Dock Works, and would at once, by means of railway facilities, become available for export. One of the proposed Stations on the line will be at St. John's, where the Courts of Tynwald meet, and which is also the centre of the Foxdale mining district. The produce of these mines is now brcught by land-carriage (there being / 1 0 water communication) to Douglas, a distance of nearly ten miles, whilst Coals and other important materials, as well as all necessaries required by the inland population, are conveyed into the int er i or b y t h e same mode. Besides these items of traffic, the Fairs, which are frequently held durilig the year in this district, must add considerably to the annual revenue of the Company. The principal towns are Douglas Peel, Castl e t own, Ramsey, and Limey : Douglas b e i ng the chief port, and the great commercial depot, as well as the principal place of arrival and departure of the steam packets plying to and from the Island. At the port of Peel the fisheries are prin cipally conducted, employing upwards of 1,000 vessels; the place of destination for the produce is Douglas ; the route is tedious, and the transit by the existing means ex pensive. The access to the Island is easy, and the means of corn niunieation with Liverpool, Fleetwood, Whitehaven, Silloth, Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, and other ports, both by sailing and steam vessels, are frequent a n d conven i ent. Hence, T our i sts v i sit the ' Wand in large numbers, above 100,000 passengers having been landed at its Ports during the past year. Such Visitor., attracted by the antiquarian relies, scenery, and other objects of interest, would, as a matter of Coarse, go by the proposed Railway from Douglas to the interior, and across the Island to Peel. The highest medical authorities bear testimony to the salubrity of the climate and purity of the water. The picturesque is united with the more solid advantage of cheap living, provisions being abundant and comparatively inex• pensive, whilst the rates of duties on foreign produce are so small as to render the Island most advantageous as a per manent place of residenee. Her Majesty's Government and the Local Authorities are now expending upwards of £60,000, for the improvement of the Ports of Douglas and Peel. The Electric Telegraph to England has been recently established. The Lines of Rail will be single, with requisite sidings. The length of Line will be about twelve miles, and the gradients easy throughout. The landowners and popula tion along it are most favourable to the project. From Statistics recently collected on the spot, with much care, by competent persons, and well supported by Official Returns, it is confidently expected that the Traffic vet:l re turn a good Dividend upon the Invested Capital, The fol lowing is an Estimate of the Traffic : Passengers, inclusive of Tourists £7,500 per annum. Goods' Minerals, Fish, & c Parcels and Mails Working E xpenses at even 50 per Cent £13,150 . 6,500 _ Leaving for Dividend Plane, Sacliont, etc., of the Line are completed, and all hecesAary fortns are being comlied with, in accordance with the St ding Orders of the Court of Tynwald to obtain an Act of the Local Parliament. Neith. r Imperial or Local Taxes are levied in the Island, and thos e heavy charges which tend so much to reduce the value, of Railway property in England and other countries, no less than to diminish the Shareholders' Dividends, can not, in any degree whatever, prevail with respect to this Lino. An eminent Contractor's fitm have agreed to purchase the land make the Railway, provide and fit up all Stations, furnish Rolling Stock for working the Line, and Telegraphs, upon satisfactory terms. Interest at 5 per cent. per Annum will be allowed, until the opening of the Line, on the amount paid upon shares. An advantageous arrangement can be made with respon sible parties to Lease the Line for 7. 14, or 21 years. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained from the Secretary, Solicitors, or Brokers of the Company. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Mark e t p r i ce guaranteed. Remi ttances. London and Westminster Hank. Post -office Orders payable at Camber tvell-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. ii.ddress—RoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores' GeQrge-otreuti Cuaberwell-Ras 149114". N°. 22,375. SHAKSPERE SCHOOL of THE ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN and his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES. The Council of the Royal Dram'Aic College. considering that the present is a favourable opportunity for promoting one of the main purposes of the Institution they have founded, beg toinvite public support in aid oft he E I EC PION and ENDOWMT.NT of a SHAKSPERE SCHOOL for the classical and general education, with scholarships, of the Children of Actors or Actresses and Dramatic Authors—the noblest and most fitting Monument to the memory of the Player and Poet. The Council of the Royal Dramatic College beg to apprize the public, that all S u b scr ipti ons intended for the endow • ment of the Snakspere School should be paid only to the Master, New Theatre Royal Adolph! ; or to Messrs. Coutts, Bankers, Strand, London. A Public Meeting will shortly be held in the Royal Adolph! Theatre to advance this object, of which due notice will be given. Ladies, noblemen, gentlemen, and others interested in carrying out this design, are requested to communicate with the undersigned. BENJAMIN WEBSTER, Master. Feb. 27, 1364. Committee Room (open from 11 till 4), 411, Strand. Secretary, Mr. Thomas Stuart. THE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Limited , . To be incorpora en under the Co paniPs Act, 1862, wh'eh limits the Liability ct Shireho;ders to the amours: of their. _ Shares. Altera ion of Title.—Tn consequence of some persons having' on the day the advert Bement of this Company went to press registered themselves st t 'e Join -Stock Register Office under the title of "NATIONAL MARINE IN SURANCI4: COMPANY," such Title ;s eh tnged, and the Lire or. have substituted the •tbove Title. Capital Z 1 0 V,COO, in 40,000 Sh ties of 425 e ich. First Issue, 20 000 Share'. £1 per Shire tote p tld on appli,ation, anchel 10s. per Share on a. otment. It is not contemplated that more than £5 per Share w c tiled up. DIRECTORS. Harrison Watson, Esq. (Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co.), Ch d, man of flu. Cape Town a•,cl Dock Railway Company. Robert W. Hire ay, Esq. (Messrs. Turok, Rama!, and C 0 . ,, e-,r,sharn Haus Abel Chapman, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of Marine Investment Company. H. A. Coffey, Esq„ Director of Marine Investment Company. E. De Pass, Esq.. Merchant, 9, Fenchurch-street. John Downes, Esq . . (Messrs. Downes and Scott', Upper Thames-street. Charles F. Ellis, Esq. (Messrs. Mary Ellis and Son), 17 Gracechurch-street. G. Gilbert, Esq. (Messrs. Gilbert, Kerr, and Co.', 3, Abchur ch lane. Cornelius Gridnell, Esq. (Messrs. Grinnell, Tinker, and Mor gan , 7, Leadenhall-street. A. Jarvis, Esq., Merchant, Director, Standard Bank, South Africa. Robt. E. Shaw, Esq. (Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co.', 34, Leadenhall-street. M. E. mavrozi,rdato, Esq., 5, Copthal'-court, and Lloyd's. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1864. URN FORE, CARPETS. B EINEM), and FLOORCLOT IT, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless 0 5 amount or distance. First-class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. Au immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every arricle warranted CLEKGY3IEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR i,IIBII are respectfully informed that Nfessrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illiistrated by4lo .do, -able engravings of every description of Furniture and ....ei:steazis, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing* on the following revised tale A Six-roamed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed d!tto fop:ether with a i'ri , ;e List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring household furniture, carpets ' or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge. 6taines, Dorking, St. Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great f.. COB BE TT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford. bridge, London, B.E, TEN PER CENT. MORTGAGE BONDS.- STRAND MUSIC HALL COMPANY (Limited) BONDS of £5O each, are now ready for issue. constituting a First Charge upon the Property of the Company, repayable in Three Years. and bearing Interest at £lO per Cent. per Annum, p iyable hall-yearly. Apply at the Offices of the Company, 345, Strand, W.C. or to Mr. G. T. Taylor, Stoca and Share Broker, 11, Token house-yard, E.C. By Order of the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Co., London. Sorac,Tons. Messrs. Sewell, 6ewell, and Edwards. BROK , RS. London —Sir R. W. Carden and Sons, Royal Exchange buildings. Liverpool—Robert Byrne, Esq., Rr.yal Bank buildings.. Manchester —Cuarles P. Allen, Esq., India-buildin. a. Newcastle-on-Tyne—J. S. Cha loner, Esq., Dean-street, Uristol —Henry T. (. hamberlain, Esq. Hull—Messrs. Wilkinson and lugieby, Exchange-b dings. Leeds—Messrs. Ridsda'e and Wailes, Park-row. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Mr. W. Distant. AUDIT° zsrs. Cash and t 0., e 21yJuse-yard. Temporary Offices-4, lement's-lane, City. Notwiths tan tiag the fa fifties afforded Or the I , rmation of joint-stick companies by the application of limited liabi ity, many of our lar2e shipping towns are still without any im proved means of effecting marine insurance. The vast increase of shipping entering and leaving the various provincial ports of the United Kingdom renders it very desirable that the inconveniences of the present system adpted in such por.s for effecting Marine Insurances should be obviated, and the same facilities for insuring afforded as can be obtained in the metropolis. The Head Office of this Company will be in London, but its operations will , om prise such towns as Liverpool, Bristol, Gloucester, Cardiff, Leith, Sunderland, Newcastle, and Hull, whose comm , Tcial importance affords a large and profitable field or Marine Insurance, and from the promises of supp )rt which Lave already been race ved the Directors enter. ain the greatest confidence in the success of the undertaking. A reference to the following stet sties will show ttie great success whi h has attended undertakings of t his description when properly conducted, as well as the - estimation in which their shares are held by the public. notwithstan ting the field of operations open to t hem is Jar more limited than that con templated by this Company:— Pe; share paid. Are now worth Alliance Marine . £ts 0 0 £55 0 0 Indemnity „ London „ Ocean 11 5 0 0 18 15 0 Marine lB 0 0 .... 96 0 0 Thames and Mersey Marine 2 0 0 610 0 The profits made by Marine Insurance Companies gene rally, it is well known, are very large, but al some time must necessarily elapse, from the magnitude of their operations, before the actual amount realised can be arrived at, the Directors of the National Provincial Marine Insurance Com pany (Limited), propose to pay out of their profits interest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum for the first two years, dividing the surplus by way of bonus and reserve fund at the and of that period. An arrangement will be made with an underwriter of high . _ T ' HE ALBION BANK (LIMITED' Capital £1,000,000 in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. First Issue, 10,00 Shares. Deposit Xi per Share on Application, and £1 per Share .on . Allotment. It is not intended to Call up more than £l5 per Share. No Call will be made for three months after allotment. Thrße months interval, at least, will elapse between two calls, and no call will exceed £5 per Share. To be Incorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act of ;862, whereby each shareholder a liability is limited to the amount of his shares. DIRECTORS: James England, Esq. (late 01 Plymouth), Springfield House, Upper Clapton. Thomas Cale, Esq.. Sheriff of Lon ion and Middlesex. W. F. Masters, Esq. (firm of W. F, Masters and Sons), Newgate-market. _ Benjamin Baugh, Esq., Bradford-street and Balsall-heat Birminotam. J. T. Pritchett, Esq. (firm of J. T. Pritchett and 'Sons), 131 Fenchur,ll-stmet. Thomas Aggs, Esq. (flrm of Thomas Aggs and Co.), 155, Fen church-street, E.C. Henry Haggard, Esq., banker and bullion merchant Cheapside. R. F. Potter, Esq. (firm of It. F. Potter and Co.), 25, Newgate. street. A provisional arranzement has been made for merging an old-established private bank with the Albion Bank (Limited), the active Partner of which will join the Board as soon as the Directors are in a position to confirm the provisional agreement. standing td conduct the London business, whose connection and influence will at once become available to this Company. A fair proportion of the shares have already been privately subscribed for, and the Board will allot at the earliest pos sible date. Prospectuses and forms ot application may be obtained from the Brokers, the Solicitors, or Secretary pro tem., at the temporary offices ot the Company. T HE WARRANr BANKING COMPANY (Limited.) FOR ADVANCES ON MERCHANDISE AND SECUEtITIES.) Incorporated under the Companies' Act, 1862. Capital £2,090,000, in 40,000 shares of £s') each. Erst Issue, 20,000 shares. Deposit £1 per share on application, and £4 per share on WWI ment. Future calls will not exceed £5 per share, at intervals of three months. DIRECTORS. Joseph Bravo, Esq., of J. Bravo and Co., London. Archibald Bruce, Esq of the late firm of Bruce and Co., A church- lane, London. W. J. R. Cotton, of Culverwell, Broo' s, and Cotton, London. A. D. De Vass, Esq., of De PASS and Sons, London. Abel Heywood. Esq., ex-Mayor of Manchester, Director of the Alliance Bank, Manchester. George Harvey Jay, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard, late of the firm of Quilter, Bal', and Jay, London. Thomas Jolly, Esq., of Tnorn s Jolly and Co, Manchester. William M`Andrew, Esq., of William IPAndrew and Sons, BANKERS. Bank of London, Threadneedle-street. The London and Northern Bank. 2, Bank-bui:dings,London and Newcastle, Leeds, and Huddersfield. London. H. R. Marriott, Esq., of Henry Marriot' and Co., Manchester. William M. Neill, Esq., of Neill Brothers and Co., London and Manchester. George Palmer Robinson, Esq, Director of the Alliance Bank, London. Albert R cardo, Esq., of A. and W. Ricardo, London. Willi•m Rawstron, Esq., of Ralph Rawstron, Manchester. BANKERS, London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank. BROKER. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart. SOLICITOR. G. W. Cuming Dean, Esq , 27, New Broad-street. AUDITORS. William Cooper, Esq., public accountant, '3, George-street, Mansion-house. W. Andrews, Esq., Manager United Kingdom Electric Tele graph Company. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Mr. H. L Price. Temporary Offices, 2, Bank-buildings. T HE LONDON and LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited.) Capital, £120,000, in 6,000 Shares of £2) each. Incorporated under the Companies Act, 186!. Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and £1 on Allotment. No call to exceed £3 per Share. DIRECTORS. Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Wilton-crescent, Belgrave • square, Director of the Alexandra Hotel Company. Captain Capel Coape, the Army and Navy Club. Colonel A. Lowry Cole. C. 11., Chairman of the National Vo lunteer Hotel Company, Wimbledon. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, Director of the Bank of Hindustan. William Earp. Esq., Washington Hotel, Liverpool. Major 'William Fletcher Gordon, Wilton-crescent, Belgrav 7 a. Charles lienea,ge. Esq., Director of the Langham Hotel Com pany. Patrick Kean, Esq., Talbot-terrace, Westbourne Park, Bays water. Charles H. Maude, Esq., St. George's-square, Pimlico, Director of the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph Com pany. Charles Ritchie, Esq,, Tulse Hill, Director of the Queen's Hotel, Norwood. Thomas Stanton, Esq.. Porchester-square, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the Inns of Court Hotel Company. John Evan Tibbs, Esq., Hatton-court, Threadneedle-street, Director of the Staffordshire Rolling Stock Company. BANKERS. In London, Liverpool, and Manchester—The Alliance Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS. In London--Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 34, Lombar 1-street. In Liverpool—Messrs. Littledale, Ridley, and Bardswell, Brown's-buildings. ARCHITECT. In Liverpool -J. A. Picton, Esq. AUDITORS. Messrs. Edwards and James, Public Accountants, IS, King-street, Cheapside, London. Stanley R. Bennett, Eq., Public Accountant, 3', Nicholas lane, London. BROX ERS. In London—Messrs. Crosley, Brothers, 30, Cornhill. In Liverpool—Messrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves, India buildings. SECRETARY (pro tern). W. Thompson, Esq. OFFICES. In London -29. Threadneedle-street. In Liverpool—The Washington Hotel. IVITHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE v PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS'. Covent-garden. nil() PERSONS SEEKING LANDED EC:t.ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY REdIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER TIES GENERALLY— To ita Han GRATIS, at the prin4lllol Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Aliblion anti Estate Offices, No. 67, Chaucery-lane, London, Metisrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY VI:GINTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its motional domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register 'Words, by sending the partieu!ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, ti 7, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chars ler, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attenuant incon veniences. Liverpool is the port througPROSPECTUS, h which the vast assenger traffic which exists between this country, America, p the West Indies, and Canada passes. It is obvious, therefore, that first-rate Hotel accommoda tion is not only desirable, hut absolutely necessary ; and to supply that requirement the Washington Hotel was built within the last two years. It has been designed and fitted un on the model of the great American and Continental Hotels, replete with all the comfort, convenience, and luxury which modern taste can suggest. The Hotel is situate in Lime-street, opposite the principal railway terminus, on one of the finest sites in the town. It contains about 200 rooms, turnished in the best style. Under the Hotel have been formed ice wells, capable of storing about 3.000 tons of ice. These are the only public ice wells in Liverpool, and from their position can supply the whole town. The Company has arranged to purchase the lease of the Washington Hotel, together with the goodwill, stock in trade, furniture, and fittings. The ice wells, which are included in the purchase, are now full, and from that source alone the Directors expect that a dividend of 5 per cent. on the capital will be realised. It is intended that the establishment in Liverpool shall be the principal Hotel, and that it shall co-operate with other existing hotels in London, Manchester, and other large towns in the United Kingdom, and also in America. As the Hotel is now in full operation, and making large returns, the delay occasioned by the erection of premises, and acquiring a business, will be avoided. The Company will take immediate possession of the pre mixes, and enter at once upon the business, consequently re turns will be mad e f or th w i t h , and the Directors believe that they are not over-estimating the profits when they anticipate large dividends for the shareholders. here will be no promotion money, and the preliminary expenses will be restricted o the amount actually incurred. If no allotment be made to an applicant, the deposit wi I be retnrned in full ; and if a less number of shares be allotte than are applied for, the balance of such deposit will be cre dited towards the payment on a lotrnent, Plans of the prcrderty may be seen at the Offices of the Com pany, and also at the Brokers, where Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be had. - THE LONDON AND LIVERPOOL HOTEL COMPANY (Limited.. Canita' £120,00c, in 6,000 shares of £2O each. FORAI OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London and Liverpool Hotel Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—having paid to your Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of Z 1 per share on shares of the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that num ber, and 1 agree (according to the form prescribed by the arti cles of association) to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me, and I request that my name may be placed on the register of shareholders for the shares so allotted. I am, Gentlemen, Name in ful: Profession Address in full.. Dalt • •. • • • • • Th's form, when filled up and signed by the applicant, to be left with or sent to the Bankers, or to the Company s Offices, along with the deposit of £1 per share : the Bankers' re.:(ipt will be either given or sent by post. LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN EFFECTUAL ItEMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mated to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption iT , effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. 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There were changes of quarters yesterday, the troops that lay here having marched north-west, in the direction of the Jutland frontier —a move which gave rise to reports that Fredericia was shortly to be attacked. The change of place may have been merely from motives of convenience in the matter of quarters, or it may have been con sidered desirable to cover that part of the frontier whence the troops had marched which lately lay there. To replace the doparted we have now in Iladersieben the Gondrecourt brigade, which fought and distinguished itself in the principal action of this campaign, the fight at Oberselk. My last letter from Bolding was written under pressure of the post, and contained no mention of the ceremony which occurred the same day at Wonsild, a small village two miles on this side of that town. Early in the forenoon seven battalions of the Guard, three squadrons of hussars, the Bran denburg Cuirassiers, and three batteries of artillery (all Prussians) formed a square in a field near the road. Into this square rode the Crown Prince, who then dismounted and proceeded to the distribution of the medals which the Kin g has bestowed upon soldiers who have found opportunities of distinc tion in this campaign. As you know, the Prus sians have not yet had much to do, and the number of the decorated could not be very nu merous. Twenty medals were to have been given, but one of the intended recipients died the day be fore, and five were in hospital with wounds. On the breast of each one of the other 14 Prince Wil liam fastened the medal, then shook the newly decorated man by the hand, and rejoiced him with words of praise and kindness. He then remounted, the troops closed in, and he spoke to them as f6,- lows : "Comrades I—His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to bestow marks of honour upon several among you, and I feel particular pleasure at being able to celebrate this day with you. It is true that what you have done has as yet been but little, but already you have had opportunities of showing that the old Prussian soldierly spirit inspires you, and that you are worthy of the confidence placed in you by our military chief. In company with our old accustomed brothers in arms, our comrades of the Imperial Austrian army, we have now been for a month in presence of the enemy, and whatever may be in reserve for us, you will, I am certain, fulfil the expectations of the King, whose heart is over with us." A soldier, eager and vigilant for opportunity of distinction, may, if fortune aids him, find them in a petty skirmish as well as in a great battle, and doubtless the medals given on Saturday were well deserved, but it is a delicate matter to address eulogiums to troops before the victory, lest with the intention only to encourage one should seem to overpraise. The Crown Prince got over the diffi culty with his usual judgment and good taste. The few words he spoke were exactly what the occasion required, and his praise of the good spirit that ani mates the Prussian troops was perfectly well merited. They have had a month of great hardship, which they have borne with the utmost cheerful ness, the only complaint heard from them being that they had so little to do in the way of fighting. The Prince concluded his short speech with a cheer for the King and the Emperor, and, turning to General Gablenz, the Austrian commander, who had ridden over from Hadersleben to witness the cere mony, he shook him by the hand. The troops then marched past, and the parade was over. Fair play is generally considered to be a particular characteristic of Englishmen, and, however Danish their sympathies may be, I wonder to see certain English journals accepting gross fabrications as truths, and making them the groundwork of unjust and insulting attacks upon the Austro-Prussian army now in Schleswig. As a general reply to such attacks I beg to state in the most positive manner that no cruelties or misconduct of any kind have been committed by either Prussians or Austrians. We do not see many English papers up here, but we do see a few, and now and than some kind friend sends a particularly abusive scrap to some officer whom he thinks it may annoy. So far as I have observed, the Prussians are comparatively spared, but the Austrians are set down as barba rians, plundering Croats, and bloody Pandours, going about, doubtless, with little Andrea spitted on their bayonets. Ido not believe there are any Croats in the Austrian army corps now in Schles wig; but it matters very little whether there are or not, for if Croats there be they form no exception to the rule of good conduct that prevails among the troops under Marshal Wrangel's command. I be lieve that in no garrison town in England is there less disorderly conduct and less crime in proportion to numbers than there is on the part of the Geaman army now in Schleswig. I need not say that Ido not speak merely from my own observation, and that I do not take my accounts of the behaviour of the military from the military themselves. I ask the inhabitants; especially those whose sympathies I have reason to think Danish, and others who have repeatedly had numbers of troops quartered upon them, and they all give the same account, and speak highly of the good behaviour of the men. It is the rarest thing possible to see a drunken soldier. As to offences against property, I have heard ex tremely few alleged, and those of the most trifling description. The only well authenticated outrage that has come to my knowledge was committed by a Hungarian corporal and four soldiers, who de manded money from a peasant, and, as he had none, took his watch. Punishment followed quickly on the crime. The corporal was shot, and the men sentenced to terms of imprisonment. With such rigorous justice as this, there are not likely to be many infractions of discipline or injuries inflicted on the inhabitants. In no way do the Austrian troops merit the name of barbarians, which I saw lately applied to them in an English paper. They are as orderly and well behaved as any troops I ever saw. I hear they have been taxed by the Danes with cruelties and atrocities, but I doubt if evidence could be adduced in support of such charges. What amount of quarter they may have given on the battle-field I know not; both at Oberselk and 07er see the bayonet was freely used, but in both com bats prisoners were taken, and in former letters I deposed to the kindness with which the Danes were treated, no difference whatever being made in the hospitals between them and wounded Austrians. At Oberselk Gen. Gondrecourt was near losing his life by the hand of a Danish prisoner. The man was wounded, a handkerchief had been gi ven hi m to furtherservo e a t tteenmtpioonratroyibliamn, when ge, and non e were paying he took up a musket and fired it at the General, within Fortunately he mi sse d hi s aim. The , who wa s • • n a few incident paceso w f him. a related to ma b y an officer who wit nessed it. __,-,-dz_,--r,. A number of German newspaper writers who had distributed themselves in the district occupied by the army received orders yesterday to depart within three days. It appears that there exists at Flens burg a regular committee, with the object of sup porting and furthering the cause of the Prince of Auguatenburg, and that in connexion with it a num ber of correspondents have been writing to German SOLICITORS London—Messrs. Fy ani Walls, Fre derick' -place, Old Jewry. „ Messrs. Flux and Argles, Mincing-lane. Liverpool —Messrs. Fletcher, Hull, and Stoll , . Manchester--Messrs. Sale, Worthington, Shipman, and Seddon. BROICERg. London—Messrs. J. and J. Whitehead, 3ro rote-street. Liverpool—Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain. Manchester—Messrs. Shore and Kirk. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 21, Throgmorton-street, London. PROSPECTUS. While Exchange Banks ant Credit Institu ions have been established to connect this country financially with almost every foreign market, and to give fad ities for conveying to our shores every descrli tion of merchandi e, it is remarkable that as soon as the operation of importing is performed the monetary facilitici are w , thdrawn. The bills drawn upon our merchants mature, and must either be met by the mer chant's capital unaided or by sales. Thug, when tempo rani y there is an excess of any commodity imported, its price is undu y deprt•ased, and s lion. losses are incurren. Ordinary bankers and discount houses dislike making ad vances upon merchandise, having no organisation for exa mining the goods and correct y estimating their value. What they want are good bills, drawn on those who, know ing the value, have accepted for a fair advance. Division of labour is here as elsewhere found to be most convenient and profitable. - To meet this want, which every merchant must acknow ledge, the Warrant Bank ng Company is formed. The bu I mes of the Company will mainly consist in making .dv,nces upon deposit of the staple articles of produce, represented by dock warrants or other means of absolute assignment, duly inspected and v..lued on behalf of the Company, and with a proper margin to allow for depreciation. These advances will be male in a ceptances by the Corn p ny of the drafts of its customers, and as every bill will re nresent mer handise readily convert ble, and b at the same time secured by the whole ca ital cf a powerful Company, the exact position of which will be patent to al , there can be no doubt that the whole Dis ount Market wil I be available when it is desired by tho holder to turn the bill into cash. It will be readily apparent that the existence of suh a institution, while it will be of great service to meronant c a, and increase the stability of the entre class, will be an equal con venience to ban k e , s and ale :oun t firms, f urn ishing them with a class of bills ra•ely obtainable. In order to render the due payment of the Company's acceptances certain, the Directors undertake that the entire paid-up capital of the Company will be invested, and, sofar as practicable, remain invested in British and East Indian Government securities, and upon deposit at call, ard it is proposed t hat the capital thus paid up and invested within the first year shall reach the sum of at least £200,103. The 114:1 which exists for such an undertaking will 131 at once apparent from a glance at the Board of Trade returns of foreign impor s for the past year, which amounted (not to speakaverage of'h stock of to over £200 ,100,000. If we estimate of for ig,n goods held in warehouse, as equal to three months' oAisumption, it would represent an amount of £50,000,000. Advances may also be made when deemed advisable uron Stocks and Shares, in permanent undertakings readily con vertible. A re sonable proportion will always be maintained be tween the extent of business undertaken the cal ed-up capital. Should it be necessary, the latter will be increased to one million sterling, to be invested as already indicated, simply as a guarantee fund. Branches will, in due time, be established at Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, &e. Toe Directors will not rec - ive any remuneration unil the shareholders have been paid £5 per cent. by way of dividend on their paid-up capital. Alter payment of a per cent. the Directors will mei% e one-fifth of the nett profits. No promotion money will be paid for originatint,r this un dertaking. The prelimi nary expLnses will be confined to the necessary disbursements. Prospectuses the and forms of appl ica ti on for shares may be obtained of brokers, bankers, solicitors, and at the tem porary offices of the Company, but no application for shares will be considered unless a deposit of £1 per share has been ly p id to the bankers of the Company. In the event of no a lotment being made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and should the number allotted be 1 ss than the number applied for, the payment in excess w ill b e applied towards the balance of the deposit. FORNI OF APPLICAT:ON FOR SIIARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No.— To the Director; of the Warrant Banking Company ;L ratted). Gentlemen,— Having ptld to your Th inkers the sum of , being a Depo it of £1 per share on shares in.the above Company, I hereby request that you will Hot me that num ber, and I ac),ree.to become a member of th e Company in re spect of su h sh fires, or in respect of any less nur.i•ber you may al or me ; and to pay on a lotment the further depo , it of £4 p r share th ereon , a nt I reqest that my name may be placed on the Register of Alembeta for the s ar ea so alloted. /same in full Res'clence Profession or business .. Date . I Lou ..... •4.4.11,1 ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. Although the system ofjo'nt-stock banking has been esta blished to meet the requirements of most departments of trade, it has not be - n intro Need for the business of the Agricultural and Cattle-markets of the metropolis ; and though the pspulation has doubled within the last twenty five years—and consequen;ly the necessary q iantity of sup plies —yet the whole business, amounting to fifteen to twenty millions per annum, is left in the hands of a few private firms. The Albion Bank is introduced to provide increased facilities for this trade, by establishing an office in the City, as well as at Smithfield and the Metropolitan Catt e-market ; and subsequently, shou'd it be found desirable, by opening branches in he up:ricultfiral districts. The value of the rapidly-increasing commission business to be transacted by the Albion Bank can be readily appre ciated by a kno sfledge that the method in which dealings are carried ol at the Cat:le-market ems tit ute the baik, the de po'itory of all the moneys passing from the buyer to the producer. The Directors have entered into provisional arranzements by which the advantage of o )mmencing up m sn e4abl shed connexion, under competent and experlenc managerne , ,t, will be secured to Sharehlliers from the c gnmence merit of basin' as, by which they are warranted in expect ing that they WI I be enabled to de.dare a dividend during the first year. Should no al otment take plat the deposits will be returned in full. Should a less number of Shares be a 1 tied th in are applied for, the deposit w 11 be made available tow ads the p .yment on -11otment, and the ba ance, if any, returned to the anplie int. Application for Shares may be addressed tl the Banliers, Broker. , or Directors of the Comp a ny, an d t o th e S ecre t . ry, at the Broker?, 4 of the Company. THE ORIGINAL ROYAL BUCKINGHAM SAUCE, for Roast Meat, Hashes, Gravies, Stews, Steaks, Soups, Fish, Game, &c. Frebared only by the proprietors, ftiii:BuCk and Co., 10, Bath-pl ce, Dalston, London, M.E. BENSON'S WATCHES, adapted for any climate and country: wholesale aad retail. Chronometer, duplex. lever, horizontal, vertical, repe.,ting, centre second s , keyless. astronomical, reve-sable, and curonograph watches, from 200 to three guineas each. An illustrated pamphlet and prtze list of' every description of watch post free for two-staMpte• J. W. BENSON, by,special warrant of appointment Watch and clock maker to IT.I .11. the !tine.; of Wfiles. Manufac tory, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, E.C. 23, Hatton-garden, London, E.C. THE EMBARRASSED in Town and Country should read "THE PLAIN GUIDE TO BANK RUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS." showing. what can be legally done, and the exact cost. To be had gratis and post free of Mr. Wetherfield, Solicitor Of the Court, 25, Moorgate street, Bank. N.l3l—Debts recovered on commission, without law ex• ponces to clients. Family Residence and Land. - vir R. ANDRE vir HIND has to LET a comfort. _II_ able HOUSE, in Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a station, delightfully situate on high ground, and commanding extensive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining and morning rooms, four best and five other bed rooms, kitchens and cellars. Grounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens, shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, t'gether about seven acres ; with lodge entrance, stabling, coach house, green house, ornamental water, and bridge. Rent, on three years' agreement, £120; fixtures, £5O ; or the Lease for 18 years at £lOO. Price. with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at the Auction and Estate Agency Offices, corner et Little Carter-lane, at. Paul's. Just out, THE HAND BOOK OF ASTROLOGY. Vol. 11. " Free of all mystery ; by which every man may calculate his own nativity, and learn his own natural character and proper destiny." By ZADKIEL. London : G. Berger, 12, Newcastle-street, Strand. Office-110, Strand, W.C. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint, Sweet, ac., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager, The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. %ic- fi~~%yL iN EIVSPADE .t.:*l- ) , ,_,,_..,.. j :11 p2.pers from diffstreni parts of Eti ~tegin*--10:1,64" inf.', the population as enthusia itvo*irrioi,7 4 ,4 , Since I begso this lette r t h e of ''-'-.ch lid if s.llT been given. lles?.onarters are on the move, arid in another hoar will have left for Wonsild—that is to say, Marshal Wrangel and his staff—the Aus trian General goita, as I hear, to some other village in the direction of Bolding. Of the object of the move nobody knows anything, unless it be the Marshal himself; but most people teem glad to get away from this piece. Of course, this move north wards induces people to think the army is going to Penetrate into Jutland, perhaps to besiege Fredcri cia ; but this is mere conjecture, and oa such matters you are likely to be informed at least Ls soon as we are. I fear there will be great difficulty for quarters at Koldiog and in that oeighb3urhood, for already on Saturday there was no roam. Englishman certainly manage to make their way about foreign countries in 'the teeth of diflleulti,s which one would suppose insurmountable. Brack fasting the other morning in the coffee-room at Apenrade, I suddenly heard a voice say to the land lord, who was in the bar-room with the lcdoor or cu between us, " Can y ou speak English . " The words were spoken in English, and, few th oug h they were, a something in the accent brought to my memory pleasant days passed amid 'the green lanes of Devonshire. It so happened the landlord could speak English, as is the case with many of his class in this country, and he replied to some inquiries addressed to him by the stranger, who presently came into the room where I sat, and looked well pleased to find a countryman there. li e had just come from Denmark, ho said. I ventured to suppose that by Denmark he meant North Sallee wig or perhaps Koldink Not a bit of it ; he came from the Island of Funen, whither he had been sent from England on business connected with a wreck that had there taken place. He had been at Funen the day before, had come across to Jutland, and then southwards through the Prussian lines. He of course had been speedily laid hold of by the out posts and conducted to an officer. But ho could speak neither German nor Danish, and had no pass port. What could be done with such an inexplicable wanderer ? Had he spoken a little German it might have been his ruin, for he then would have been examined and probably detained for further investi gation and for the decision of the higher authorities. Ignorance in his case was decidedly bliss, as far as bliss can be considered compatible with night travel ling at this season in this part of the world. He had no papers,he could give no account of himself, but he was manifestly an Englishman, for besides that his external man testified pretty strongly to that fact, only Englishmen run themselves into such predicaments. He had had business in Fu nen, and wanted to get to England by way of Hamburg, and the shortest and quickest road was through Schleswig. It was no business of his if Greeks and Trojans, Danes and Germans, stood in arms against each other across the line of his pro gress ; their quarrels were nothing to him, and he had learnt at school that a straight line is the shortest way from one point to another. So he walked into the embraces of a Prussian picket, and seemed to think it rather good fun than otherwise that he had been marched for 20 miles between a couple of Dragoons, with drawn pistols, prepared to scatter the contents of his brainpan oa the first sus picious sign. He did not consider that travelling in foreign countries with whose language he was to tally unacquainted was particularly inconvenient; and in this respect, considering his recent experts ence, I was really inclined to admit that he was not far wrong. c_--- ME rROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The ordinary weekly meeting of the members of the Metro politan Board of Works was held yesterday at their offices, Spring-gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites, the chairman, presiding. The cash statement showed that the cash balances in the hands of the treasurer wore—On current accounts, £106,815 18s. ; on deposit accounts, £32,800 ; and on Go vernment securities, £96,732 Bs. 7d. STREET TRAMWAYS. A report was brought up from the Streets Committee on the subject of suburban tramway omnibus communication, which recommended that the board express no opinion relative to that question until the plan shall be laid before Parliament. The recommendation was adopted. PURCHASE OF LAND FROM THE BOARD OP WORKS. Mr. W. TITE R M.P., moved—" That the letter of .Messra. Bircham and Co., with a proposal for leasing and purchasing the plots of land remaining unsold in Southwark -street, and for purchasing all the plots in the new street from Black friars to the Mansion-house, be referred to the Streets Committee for consideration and report; and that the pro posers be allowed to attend the committee to explain in detail the nature of their proposal." He said the company was composed of highly-respectable French capitalists, and their object was to purchase land in large quantities, and re•sell in smaller portions. The proposal had been before the Streets Committee and rejected, but he thought there would be an advantage gained in sending the matter back for reconsideration. Mr. FREEMAN said he could not understand why the motion was brought forward, because it had been referred to the Streets Committee and reported upon, and there WAS no reason why it should be referred back to them. The CHAIRMAN said there was a mistake on that ques tion. It was thought that the committee reported against it because they objected to selling the land wholesale instead of in lots; but that was not the reason the committee re ported against the proposal. The sole reason was, that the offer made for the land was totally insufficient, and there fore it had been rejected ; but if they were disposed to ad • vance on their oiler the committee would entertain it. He thought the question might be referred to the committee. After some discussion as to the terms offered the motion was agreed to. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. The CHAIRMAN said the time had arrived when the Board must consider the subject of raising a loan for the Thames Embankment, and he thought the question was of such im portance that it ought to be considered in a committee of the whole Board. There were many questions they would have to discuss, and it was very desirable that they should con sider them in a committee of the whole Board, in the deci sion of which the Finance Committee and Thames Embank ment Committee would concur. He therefore suggested that the mater should be referred to the Thames Embank ment Committee (which is a committee of the whole Board) for consideration and report. The motion was formally moved and adopted. PROPOSED METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS. The Streets Committee brought up their report, stibmit• ting the report of the engineer of his interview with the engineers of certain metropolitan railways, and recommend ing that he be instructed to attend the further conference of t view to the an m maintenance local nance od andb bodies, protec tion of the g in u e b e w l r i works interestsk‘ with o t h f he Board d h generally. The adoption o f t h e report having been moved a nd sec ond e d, h the e onf public Mr, SAUNDERS moved as an amendment the following addition to his motion :—" But that it bo distinctly under stood that his acts or demeanour shall n o t pledge the Board to any of the schemes proposed." A long discussion ensued ,during which the powers of the engineer were severely criticised, and on the amendment being put to the Board it Was lost by a majo r it y o f 18 to 12. Mr. LEGGE then moved as an amendment, "And th a t such suggestions and ac t s of the engineer shall be ad m itt e d as approved of by th e B oard. " H e contended that as the Board would not agree to the amendment protecting it from being pledged by the acts of the engineer, they could not refuse to being pledged by him. Mr. ROCHE seconded the amendment. Mr. FREEMAN Opposed it, an d said they had rejected the words only because they were unnecessary. The amendment was then put and rejected, and the ori ginal motion was agreed to. The routine b us i ness was disposed of, and the Board ad journed, LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Moraday—Royal Academy at 8 ; " Sculpture," Professor Westmacott ; Architects, at 8; Geographical, at 81, " Notes on Vancouver's Island," Dr. Forbes ; " Fraser and Peace Rivets and Gold Fields of British Columbia," by Lieutenant Palmer; Society of Art° , at 8, " Art applied to Inclustrp—Furniture," Mr. Burgos. Tuesday—Royal Institution, ut 3, "Animal Life," Profes sor Marshall; St a ti st i cal, at 8; Anthropological, at 8, " Ethnographi ca l Casts, " Mr. 11. von Schlugintweit ; " The Dornber," Dr. Shortt; " Mind, Language, Man," Mr. Owen Pike; " Negro Race and Civilisation," Mr. Guppy; Engineers, at 8, "Resistance to Bodies passing through Wate r ," M r. P h i pps. W e d nes c' .a y—M e t eorological, at 7 ; So c i e t y o f Arts, at 8, "Organist.tion of the C orps Im perial des Pouts et Chaus6as in Prance," Mr. Burneff. un 7 ; T hursday—. Chemical, at 8," Theory of Organi c P eroxides, " Sir B. B ro di e; Z oo l og i ca l, at 4; N n smatic, at Anti quaries, at 8; Linnean, at 8, " Variati or( and Geographical Distribution, illustrated by the Royal, at 81; Royal Institution, al Papilifm a id, , ,, 3, " Animal Life," Mr. 'Wallace; Professor Marshall , Friday—pliii c iogical, at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 8, " Contributi ons t o 8.101,32u1ar Physics," Professor Tyndall. Saturday —L. yal Institution, 3, " Me tallic Elements," Zr. Fraiikla.4 ,—„dtliciaom.